Parker Brothers, the established creator of numerous board games, entered the
videogame market in 1982. What made their entry different was the fact that
they were an established company as opposed to a software start-up. Their initial
offerings were Frogger
and Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Both were hugely successful, and Frogger
is still regarded as one of the all-time classics for the 2600. Overall, the
quality of their software was quite good, and includes some other classics such
as Gyruss
and Montezuma's
Revenge. Parker Brothers was also one of the largest third-party supporters
of the 5200. Today, they are a subsidiary of Hasbro,
who recently formed a deal with Infogrames
to publish games based on Atari licenses.